Test Lead (End-to-End (E2E) Testing)

Technopride Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Technopride Ltd is seeking a highly skilled Test Lead to take ownership of testing across multiple component teams for a commercial insurance program. You will lead integration testing, API/Web service testing, and stakeholder coordination to ensure quality releases.

The role emphasizes end-to-end test strategy, automation mentorship, and collaboration with product owners, architects, developers, and operations teams to drive release readiness and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading end-to-end and integration testing across multiple teams.
• Strong API testing with JSON and SOAP protocols.
• Experience with SoapUI or similar tools.
• Solid understanding of commercial insurance concepts.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and cross-team coordination.
• Demonstrated test planning and strategy development experience.
• Familiarity with defect lifecycle management and test management tools (JIRA/TestRail/HP ALM).
• Exposure to release planning and post-release validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end test strategy, planning, execution, and release readiness across multiple component teams.
• Define and implement the integration testing approach between services and systems, ensuring cross-team coverage.
• Design, develop, and execute functional, regression, and integration test suites; track and triage defects.
• Validate APIs and message formats using JSON and SOAP with SoapUI or equivalent tools.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, developers, and operations teams to resolve issues.
• Establish test metrics, dashboards and quality gates to inform releases.
• Mentor manual and automation testers and review test artifacts.
• Participate in release planning, risk assessments, and post-release validation.

Skills

End-to-end testing leadership

Integration testing

API testing (JSON/SOAP)

Stakeholder management

Test planning & strategy

Cross-team coordination

Testing metrics & dashboards

Mentoring testers

Tools

SoapUI

JIRA

TestRail

HP ALM

Job description

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 21/10/2025

We provide end-to-end IT solutions and services including Applications services, Data & Analytics services, AI/ML Technologies and Professional services in the UK and EU market.

Job Description

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Test Lead to take end-to-end ownership of testing across multiple component teams for a commercial insurance program. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in integration testing, API/web service testing (JSON/SOAP), and excellent stakeholder management skills. A solid understanding of commercial insurance concepts is essential, and experience with Selenium automation will be considered an advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end test strategy, planning, execution, and release readiness across multiple component teams.
• Define and implement the integration testing approach between services and systems, ensuring comprehensive cross-team test coverage.
• Design, develop, and execute functional, regression, and integration test suites. Ensure defects are logged, tracked, triaged, and resolved efficiently.
• Validate APIs and message formats using JSON and SOAP, leveraging SoapUI or equivalent tools.
• Collaborate closely with product owners, architects, developers, and operations teams to identify and resolve system-level issues and manage dependencies.
• Establish and maintain test metrics, dashboards, and quality gates to inform release decisions and promote continuous improvement.
• Mentor and guide both manual and automation testers, reviewing test artifacts to ensure adherence to best practices.
• Participate in release planning, risk assessments, and post-release validation activities.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience leading end-to-end and integration testing across multiple teams in a complex program environment.
• Strong hands-on expertise in API/web service testing using JSON and SOAP protocols.
• Proficiency in tools such as SoapUI (or similar) for REST and SOAP API validation.
• Solid understanding of commercial insurance concepts, workflows, and common product flows.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and cross-team coordination skills.
• Demonstrated experience in test planning, strategy definition, and driving execution to meet delivery timelines.
• Familiarity with defect lifecycle management and test management tools such as JIRA, TestRail, or HP ALM.

Good to Have

• Experience with S360 or other commercial insurance platforms.
• Hands-on experience with test automation using Selenium and related frameworks.
• Exposure to JSON schema validation, contract testing, or API mocking tools.